VOLUME 5(3) • 2017
Passions of the Soul: The Odyssey of Nikos Kazantzakis
ABSTRACT. The following is an exploration Kazantzakis’s masterpiece entitled The Odyssey. In it one can find Kazantzakis’s philosophy at its best, as a challenge to surpass all ontological categories – a philosophy of eternal “beyonding.” pp. 3–18 Keywords: Odysseus / Ulysses; Nietzsche; superman; ..
Erwin Schrödinger and the quest through illusion: the connection with Brâncuși
ABSTRACT. Like Brâncuși, Schrödinger embraced a worldview and a philosophy whereby he addressed the illusion-and-truth compicated equation. That Brâncuși (1876–1957) influenced modern art (viz. sculpture) so deeply as to make it over completely is by now a rather well established fact (see at least ..
Orthodox Saints speaking on illness
ABSTRACT. In the present article we do not intend to provide a propaedeutic to the mystery of suffering, but we desire to lead the reader to a world of profound thinking and intense theological experience, of the superior spiritual understanding and of the logic of faith, as it is contained in the E..
A clean, well-lighted writing
ABSTRACT. Interpreting Hemingway’s works is mostly focused on the intermingling of the recurring themes, on the (in)explicable achievements of the troubled (fe)male characters, and yet it is the shaping of the discourse which stands for Hemingway’s hallmark. Reverting to the carefully planned withdr..
On the aesthetics of (dis)illusion
ABSTRACT. The following article translates Kafka’s aesthetics of (dis)illusion into an artistic vision and devised performance of the post-war state of skepticism, moral disillusionment (to free or be freed from illusion), decline, illusory freedom and the truth that the modern world can no longer b..